Obama: Will Obama succeed?

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteousdo?” Psalm 11:3

 
Is it enough for a Christian, a Godly man, to be on the throne for all to go well with the land? Beyond the man on the Throne,
the nature of the throne, and the historical/spiritual background of the throne and its location are equally (if not more) critical.

I invite you to peruse the following insight from the Intercessors for America (IFA) the historical/spiritual background of Washington DC, America's Capital: –
 
As we engage in our annual National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 3 and in First Friday fasting, it seems appropriate that we focus concerted
intercession on the District established to be the seat of our nation. President George Washington, empowered by Congress, in 1791 selected a site
along the Potomac River for a Ten-Mile-Square Federal District.

This Federal district was envisioned to be coextensive with the Capital city of the United States, Washington. Situated as a diamond between Maryland and Virginia, it was later reduced to 68 square miles,
with the Potomac as its southwest border. In 1800 the federal government was transferred from Philadelphia to this federal district.
It was called the City of Washington, in the territory of Columbia.
 
Washington is a City Stamped with the Occult. French architect and engineer Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, appointed by President Washington,
drew up the original plan. Dismissed within a year during land disputes, his work was executed by Andrew Ellicott and a talented and often overlooked free
black, Benjamin Banneker. L'Enfant, a visionary who successfully lay plans for a city of 800,000, was also a Freemason and incorporated Masonic
symbols -the Square, the compass and the pentagram- into his street plan. Freemasonry imprints the heart of the city to this day.
 
               The cornerstones of the Capitol, The White House and other federal buildings, many reflecting Greek temple architecture, were laid in Masonic
ritual. Masonic Federal Lodge No. 1 was chartered in 1793 and held its first meeting "on the site of the present House of Representatives Office Buildings."
James Hoban, Architect of the White House and Superintendent of the Capitol's construction, was installed as its first "Worshipful Master"(
Seewww.federallodge.org). 
 
Master Masons helped direct the Capitol construction crews, which, as documents discovered last year show, included at least 400 slaves.
 
               Several U.S. presidents have taken the oath of office with their hand laid on a Masonic Bible dating from the founding of the nation.
It is significant to note that neither President Bush nor Vice President Cheney chose to use this Masonic Bible during their Inauguration on January 21, 2001.
Instead, they placed their hands on family Bibles. Some of you might have received prayer alerts initiated by Ron Campbell, author of "Free
from Freemasonry," calling for intercession that the Lord might intervene in just the way described. Let us offer sincere thanksgiving.
 
History records that the founding of our federal government as an institution, and of the federal district as the seat of government, was a spiritual "mixture."
Judeo-Christian biblical truth and principles were mingled with Greco-Roman philosophy and humanism, with Masonic and occult practices, and
with influences from arcane societies long associated with "the kings of the earth," aristocratic ruling classes, and international monetary systems.
 
Scripture warns that individuals and nations which practice idolatry and the occult will become "confused and confounded" for these "eastern ways",
and that their days will be filled with futility (Isaiah 1:29-31; 2:6-8). Tragically, the 210-year history of our nation's capital is marked with
just such confusion and turmoil.
 
…As the U.S. emerged a world power after World War II, additional spiritual forces were brought into the District by an increase in embassies, their staffs
and religions and cultures from most every nation on earth. These, combined with the wounds from slavery, civil rights struggles, and the existing Masonic
and occult influences worked to generate one of the most dark, turbulent and volatile spiritual atmospheres over any world-class city on the planet,
except for Jerusalem, and major European cities…
 
Reference:
WASHINGTON, DC – A PROFILE FOR PRAYER – Gary Bergel, IFA First Friday Newsletter, May 2001. Reproduction and retransmitted is permitted
when IFAis credited and the IFA Web site is referenced (www.ifapray.org).